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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 RHSA-2023-4415-01 Critical Iperf3 Memory Issue

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Calendar Grey August 1, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
An important update for iperf3 addresses a critical memory problem within Red Hat Enterprise Linux, bolstering overall system reliability.
An update for iperf3 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service, and Red Hat Enterpri...

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

Iperf is a tool which can measure maximum TCP bandwidth and tune various parameters and UDP characteristics. Iperf reports bandwidth, delay jitter, and data-gram loss.
Security Fix(es):
* iperf3: memory allocation hazard and crash (CVE-2023-38403)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat update important memory hazard advanced support iperf3

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38403 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2):
Source: iperf3-3.5-4.el8_2.src.rpm
x86_64: iperf3-3.5-4.el8_2.i686.rpm iperf3-3.5-4.el8_2.x86_64.rpm iperf3-debuginfo-3.5-4.el8_2.i686.rpm iperf3-debuginfo-3.5-4.el8_2.x86_64.rpm iperf3-debugsource-3.5-4.el8_2.i686.rpm iperf3-debugsource-3.5-4.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.2):
Source: iperf3-3.5-4.el8_2.src.rpm
ppc64le: iperf3-3.5-4.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm iperf3-debuginfo-3.5-4.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm iperf3-debugsource-3.5-4.el8_2.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64: iperf3-3.5-4.el8_2.i686.rpm iperf3-3.5-4.el8_2.x86_64.rpm iperf3-debuginfo-3.5-4.el8_2.i686.rpm iperf3-debuginfo-3.5-4.el8_2.x86_64.rpm iperf3-debugsource-3.5-4.el8_2.i686.rpm iperf3-debugsource-3.5-4.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v. 8.2):
Source: iperf3-3.5-4.el8_2.src.rpm
x86_64: iperf3-3.5-4.el8_2.i686.rpm iperf3-3.5-4.el8_2.x86_64.rpm iperf3-debuginfo-3.5-4.el8_2.i686.rpm iperf3-debuginfo-3.5-4.el8_2.x86_64.rpm iperf3-debugsource-3.5-4.el8_2.i686.rpm iperf3-debugsource-3.5-4.el8_2.x86_64.rpm
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Severity
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:4415-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4415
Issue date: 2023-08-01

Topic

An update for iperf3 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 TelecommunicationsUpdate Service, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAPSolutions.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat update important memory hazard advanced support iperf3

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.2) - ppc64le, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v. 8.2) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2222204 - CVE-2023-38403 iperf3: memory allocation hazard and crash

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